4K for Xbox 360?

[PCunicorn]

I was wondering, should I get a 4K monitor for my Xbox 360? I can get a really good deal on one, so dont worry about price. Will games look any better at 4K on console, or exactly the same as 1080/720p?

 

[NastyNative]

they get dumbed down to what ever the output of the 360 can handle.
I would say the best is 1080P but maybe it will look sharper?

 

[hajalie24]

It wouldn't look any different than a 1080p monitor. 4k is just 1080p x 4 so each pixel represented will be 4 pixels instead.

Keep in mind though that 99% of games on the Xbox 360 is less than or equal to 720p

 

[PCunicorn]

Okay, so pointless to spend a penny more on a 4K TV for only a Xbox 360 then?

 

[SeymourGore]

I say go for it, even though the 360 won't take advantage of it, at least your screen will be futureproof once 4k content becomes more widespread.

 

[nightanole]

Next question is; does a 4k tele scale 720/1080 to 4k? Kinda like how dvd looks better when scaled to 1080p on a good tv or bluray player.

 

[Stoly]

I say go for it, even though the 360 won't take advantage of it, at least your screen will be futureproof once 4k content becomes more widespread.

Better wait for next gen screens with hdmi 2.0

 

[Armenius]

The Xbox 360 does not support output at 4K resolution. Even if it did, I would imagine that the upscaling to it would look pretty bad when most games run 720p natively.


Supported TV Resolutions

• 480i
• 480p
• 576i
• 720p
• 1080i
• 1080p

Supported PC Resolutions

• 640x480
• 848x480
• 1024x768
• 1280x720
• 1280x768
• 1280x1024
• 1360x768
• 1440x900
• 1680x1050
• 1920x1080

 

[next-Jin]

Is wait for better panels tbh.

 

[bigdogchris]

4k @ 30hz or 60 hz?

There were a lot of cheap 4k TV's in the past year that only did 30 FPS.

I say go for it, even though the 360 won't take advantage of it, at least your screen will be futureproof once 4k content becomes more widespread.

4k will not be mainstream for many years. Buying a model now to "future proof" is foolish because by the time you need a 4k display, much better models will be available for equal or less money.

 

[Mozex]

Next question is; does a 4k tele scale 720/1080 to 4k? Kinda like how dvd looks better when scaled to 1080p on a good tv or bluray player.

If a TV does do fancy upscaling it will likely introduce extra lag in order to process each frame of video before displaying it. I expect the average 4K TV is worse for gaming* than the average 1080 TV.

*below 4K resolution.